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This weekend I brought some Marvy Uchida Fabric Markers and I must say, when I was in the store looking at my options I thought I would love them. I paid a little over $20 for the set, after my 40% off Michael’s coupon. Not the cheapest set I saw but I loved the color options and since I planned on designing more coloring tees in the future I’m sure all the colors will come in handy.

Unfortunately, they’re not my favorite makers. I’ve never used fabric markers, so this is all new to me, but I didn’t like how they colored on. The lines came out so choppy and the process wasn’t fun. One of the things I like about coloring is that it’s fun. I’m sure they have a line of wide tip makers that might work better for coloring in large areas and maybe there’s another way to color but I would think it would be intuitive with the way I naturally color.

Coloring tee that has been colored in with Marvy Uchida Fabric Markers

I did however like the vibrancy of the colors on the white t-shirt, although one of the markers was dried up when I opened the package; wasn’t happy about that, but overall the richness of the colors are a lot better than the Play Day Washable Markers I used a week earlier. Not that the colors with the washable markers were bad. I just like the vibrancy of the fabric markers better. Although, if I had a design with a lot of smaller areas like a flower I would probably use the fabric markers because of the vibrant colors.

One of the things I did like about the washable markers was the easiness to color the shirt. The tips were wide and the markers were easy to use one the fabric. The fabric markers just felt more laborious to me. So, when I setup at festivals and take sample shirts for kids to color I will be taking the washable markers. They are cheaper and coloring with them is more fun.

Marvy Uchida Fabric Markers

One of the things I didn’t like about either set of makers was that I got ink smudges on my hand as I was coloring. To help with this problem I ended of covering part of the shirt with paper to keep from getting marker on my hand. The good news is that the fabric marker came off in one wash. The washable makers took a little bit more time and washes. I’m not sure how many washes it took. Wasn’t paying attention.

After I had both sides of my shirt colored, washable marker on the front and fabric marker on the back, I decided to wash the shirt to see how the colors held up. My expectations were that the washable makers would wash out and the fabric makers would fade a little.

I washed the shirt along with a hand towel to see if any of the colors would bleed off. Which they didn’t. But I was surprised to see that the washable makers only faded. The color held up well. But this might be because I waited a week to wash the shirt, and I washed it in warm water first. The second wash was with hot water like the directions stated. Note… The directions also state that items should be washed immediately, which of course I didn’t do.

I expected the fabric markers to hold the color well and they did. I would guess they would last for a good number of washes.